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tion of speed ; caution and stratagem are better arts ; 

 a butterfly should rarely be alarmed, or the game is 



lost 



FIG. 198. Folding net frame, explained in the text. 



intent upon a flower, one may even be captured 

 with the fingers by slow approach upon 

 the shady side ; many have the habit of 

 returning to a twig they have left, and can 

 be captured by lying in wait near the spot ; 

 others will course up and down a roadside, 

 a forest lane, or a hedgerow, and may be 

 easily netted by taking advantage of this 

 habit. Nor should it be forgotten that 

 not a few are very limited indeed in the 

 selection of their haunts, and every kind 

 of spot should be visited ; some confine 

 their flight to marshy spots and even to 

 particular bogs ; some prefer the open 

 fields ; pastures where thistles and other 

 weeds are in flower attract a great crowd ; 



FIG. 199. Net- 

 head for a remov- 

 able frame. 



